Michael Miu

Michael Miu Kiu-wai (苗僑偉) (born 18 June 1958) is a Hong Kong actor and businessman. His career has been met with popular success in his youth, followed by a resurgence in middle age after a period of hiatus. He is considered one of the most popular Hong Kong actors of the 1980s. Miu is best known for the villainous Yeung Hong in the 1983 television drama The Legend of the Condor Heroes, as well as for The Fearless Duo alongside Barbara Yung. In 1984, The Fearless Duo achieved strong ratings and became the highest-rated drama series of the year, showcasing their on-screen chemistry and widespread popularity at the time.

Early life Born in Zhoushan, Zhejiang in 1958, Miu and his mother moved to Hong Kong to rejoin his father when he was five. Miu rarely saw his father, a merchant mariner, and was mainly raised by his mother. Near the end of high school, Miu's father was diagnosed with cancer. As a result, he left school and began working as a carpenter to support his family.

Career Miu was scouted and brought into TVB's Acting Academy in September 1979. While still in training, he made cameo appearances in several major dramas, such as The Bund (1980). Miu's official acting debut was in the 1980 drama The Adventurer's. Immediately after graduating from the Academy, Miu was offered a major role in the 1981 thriller drama The Lonely Hunter, starring alongside his classmate Felix Wong with seniors Carol Cheng and Money Chan.

From 1981 to 1986, Miu together with Tony Leung, Andy Lau, Felix Wong and Kent Tong were promoted as TVB's Five Tigers, a group of five of the most popular young actors in Hong Kong at the time. In 1987, Miu left TVB, and stepped back from the industry to focus on business ventures.

During the 90s, Miu devoted himself to his eyewear business and earned a reputation as a businessman. Due to the reasons of Hong Kong's economic downturn and uncertainty over retail industry in the future, he sold his business, The Optical Centre, in 2002 to Luxottica. His comeback performance was in the 2005 cop drama The Academy, which earned him major recognition and propelled him forward.

Miu starred in the 2014 crime drama Line Walker as Cheuk Hoi and became a strong contender for Best Actor in 2014 TVB Anniversary Awards. He reprised his role in Line Walker: The Prelude won Best Actor in a Leading Role award at the TVB Star Awards Malaysia 2017. In 2020, Miu reprised his role as Cheuk Hoi for the third time in the sequel Line Walker: Bull Fight.

Also, in 2017, he was the narrator for the Hong Kong (Cantonese) version of Planet Earth 2/Heaven and Earth II (天與地II).

In 2020, he made a guest appearance as himself in episode 997 with Michelle Yim as herself on TVB’s sitcom Come Home Love: Lo and Behold as the spokesperson and ribbon cutter.

Personal life Miu first met Hong Kong actress Jaime Chik in 1981 while shooting for the TVB television drama You Only Live Twice. They began dating but separated a year later. Miu dated Anita Mui briefly in 1983, whom he met on the set of Summer Kisses, Winter Tears. Miu and Chik reconciled, and the couple married in 1990. Miu and Chik have two children - a son, Murphy Miu, and daughter, Phoebe Miu, who is also an actor, both of whom reside in Vancouver, Canada.

Filmography Film Year Film Role Notes/ 1985 Twinkle, Twinkle Lucky Stars Pagoda 1986 Lucky Stars Go Places 1987 Scared Stiff David Miu Tai-wai White Cuckooflower Li Shaonong 1988 Hero of Tomorrow Sam Gor The Dragon Family Lung Wai 1989 Return of the Lucky Stars Pagoda City Cops Ching Shing Proud and Confident Little Cop Thousand-faced Man Close Escape Lam Wai-Tung 1990 Outlaw Brothers Sergeant Tai Hwa Wang Magic Cop Sergeant No. 2237 1991 The Tigers Wah 1992 Handsome Siblings Kuang Yuk Long, Kuang Fung 1993 Lord of East China Sea 1995 Whatever Will Be, Will Be Peter's Dad 1996 How to Meet the Lucky Stars Pagoda / Ginseng 2004 Love Is a Many Stupid Thing 2004 Richard Jiang Hu Figo 2006 Wo Hu Superintendent Wai Ting-bong McDull, the Alumni Senior Superintendent of Police 2007 Brothers Tam Chung-yiu 2010 Black Ransom Sam Ho 2011 I Love Hong Kong 2016 New York New York Mr. Mi Good Take (in segment We Are Ghosts) Falendo (landlord) 2017 In the Fog Xing Tianhai 2018 The Trough Ching Wan (程昀) 2019 The White Storm 2 - Drug Lords Lam Ching-fung 2024 Crisis Negotiators Law On-bong Television Year Title Role Notes 1980 The Bund (extra) Yesterday's Glitter The Invincible Medic The Adventurer's Yung Wing-hong 1981 The Lonely Hunter Au-yeung Hong Come Rain, Come Shine Double Fantasies The Fate Wilson Chung Wai-shun The Hawk Prince Har The Young Heroes of Shaolin Wu Wai-kin 1982 Hong Kong 82 Chow Sing-wai Ladies of the House Little Bat-leung A Kid Troupe Yuen Wai You Only Live Twice Wong Chau-fat/Sheung Tsan-yu The Legend of Master So Ma Kwan 1983 The Radio Tycoon Lui Hei The Fortune Teller Lai Bo-yee The Legend of the Condor Heroes:The Iron-Blooded Loyalists Yeung Hong The Legend of the Condor Heroes:Eastern Heretic and Western Venom The Legend of the Condor Heroes:The Duel on Mount Hua 1984 The Foundation Lee Sai-man The Fearless Duo Szeto Man-mo United We Stand Tung Pang-fei The Rise & Fall of a Stand-In Hung Kiu Hero Without Tears Siu-ko The New Adventures of Chor Lau-heung Chor Lau-heung Summer Kisses, Winter Tears Ling Yue-sam 1985 Sword Stained with Royal Blood Ha Suet-yee The Condo San Tin-pui The Yang's Saga "Sei-long" Yang Yin-fai 1986 The Legend of Dik Ching Dik Ching Pet and Pest Ko Tai-wai 1987 The Dragon Sword Yung Chi-wan 1988 Two Most Honorable Knights Kong Fung 1990 Yuhuo Fenghuang (Fire Phoenix) Zhong Hao 1995 New Justice Pao Sung Ching Wan 1999 Forrest Cat II Wong Kar-hei 2005 The Academy Sgt. Sunny Lee Man-sing Nominated — TVB Anniversary Awards for Best Actor (Top 5) Into Thin Air Ko Chung-ching 2006 Au Revoir Shanghai Nip Jun Warehoused Dicey Business Kiu Ching-chor 2007 The Academy II: On the First Beat Sgt. Sunny Lee Man-sing Guest star Devil's Disciples Szema Fei-sing The Drive of Life Wah Man-shek Nominated — TVB Anniversary Awards for Best Actor (Top 20)Nominated — TVB Anniversary Awards for My Favourite Male Character (Top 24) ICAC Investigators 2007 Principal InvestigatorChan Kwok-wai (DJ) Episode 4: "Over the Line" 2008 Wars of In-Laws II Himself Guest star Love Exchange Mike Yiu Lap-tin Nominated — TVB Anniversary Awards for Best Actor (Top 10) 2009 The Academy III: E.U. Kong Sai-hau Nominated — TVB Anniversary Awards for Best Actor (Top 15)Nominated — TVB Anniversary Awards for My Favourite Male Character (Top 15) 2010 My Better Half Ching Sum Gun Metal Grey SIP. Mai On-ting (Mad Sir) Nominated — TVB Anniversary Awards for Best Actor (Top 15) 2011Golden branches and jade leaves (金枝玉叶) Jin Tianqiao (Golden Bridge) 2012 L'Escargot Kwan Ka-on Highs and Lows Heung Wing (Gordon) 2013 A Change of Heart Fong Chi Lik Flower Pinellia (Flower Open in the Middle of Summer)Cheng HaoMainland China Drama on Hunan TV 2014 Line Walker Cheuk Hoi 2015New Way of the Dragon 2015 Do Ying Hou Mainland China Drama 2017Positive Youth Energy Luo Tianming(Luo Xiaochun's father) The Legend of the Condor Heroes (2017 TV series)Huang YaoshiMainland China version on Dragon TV Line Walker: The Prelude Cheuk HoiTVB馬来西亞星光荟萃頒獎典禮2017»-最喜愛TVB男主角/TVB Star Awards Malaysia 2017: Favourite Leading Actor (Won) 2018 Flying Tiger Victor Lip Yu Hong Guardian Angel 2018 Web Drama Cheung Tung 2019 Flying Tiger II Lok Ka Shing 2020 Line Walker: Bull Fight Cheuk Hoi TVB Anniversary Awards for Best Actor (Top 5)Come Home Love: Lo and BeholdGuest Star as himself Appears in episode 997 with Michelle Yim2021 Pandora's Box 2021 (天目危机)Shan Qi Da Jing/Yamazaki DachangMainland China Drama Flying Tiger 3Hui Chun-fei